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AL4 0QB

Colney Heath · St Albans · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Colney Heath
Local authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
AL4 0FS 3 m
AL4 0QE 85 m
AL4 0PZ 86 m
AL4 0QG 87 m
AL4 0QD 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
AL4 0QB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2012
Postcode area
AL
Postcode district
AL4
Postcode sector
AL4 0
Latitude
51.737356
Longitude
-0.249647
British National Grid easting
520,959
British National Grid northing
205,743

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
St Albans · E07000240
Electoral ward
Colney Heath · E05013950
Parish or community
E04013283
Westminster constituency
St Albans · E14001507
Output area
E00120249
Lower layer super output area
St Albans 021C · E01035581
Middle layer super output area
St Albans 021 · E02007090

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
27
Secondary
5

  1. Colney Heath Primary School

    Academy converter

    993 m

  2. University of Hertfordshire

    Higher education institutions

    1.8 km

  3. St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
568
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 264
  • Anti social behaviour 83
  • Criminal damage and arson 47
  • Vehicle crime 40
  • Other theft 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
AL4 0 residents
10,462

Age bands in AL4 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.8%

2,193 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.5%

1,159 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

2,300 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

3,009 residents

Age 65 and over
13.8%

1,386 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION ROAD, WELHAM GREEN, NORTH MYMMS, HATFIELD, AL9 7SN

    ODS code E82058

    3.1 km

  • BURVILL HOUSE SURGERY

    52-54 DELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 8HP

    ODS code E82023

    3.1 km

  • LISTER HOUSE SURGERY

    THE COMMON, HATFIELD, AL10 0NL

    ODS code E82018

    3.4 km

  • WRAFTON HOUSE SURGERY

    9-11 WELLFIELD ROAD, HATFIELD, AL10 0BS

    ODS code E82002

    3.6 km

  • SUMMERFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    CALEDON ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1PU

    ODS code E82107

    3.8 km

  • VERULAM MEDICAL GROUP

    COLNEY MEDICAL CENTRE, 45-47 KINGS ROAD, LONDON COLNEY, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1ES

    ODS code E82113

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Hall Gardens

    BCT · Colney Heath

    0.0 miles

  • Hall Gardens

    BCT · Colney Heath

    0.0 miles

  • Fellowes Lane

    BCT · Colney Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Fellowes Lane

    BCT · Colney Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Roestock Lane

    BCT · Colney Heath

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St Albans 021C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,595 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

40 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Colney Heath Primary School is the nearest published school at 993 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

568 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 264 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.